New Leicester boss Ian Holloway has revealed he had no choice but to hand in his resignation after Plymouth refused to let him talk to City.Holloway recognised it was a huge risk to leave Argyle but he has defended his decision and feels his hand was forced somewhat by his former employers.

He told BBC Sport: "My chairman wouldn't give me permission to talk to Leicester, so I resigned.

"It was a massive gamble but it would have been a bigger gamble to lie to Plymouth and tell them my heart was still in it and take a new contract.

"I'm driven by ambition. I'm not being disloyal but my ambition didn't match Plymouth's.

"It's nobody's fault. I love Plymouth and I love the chairman and he's going to go on and do a brilliant job, but now I'm just trying to build a team, not a ground and a training ground as well, and I hope people will see it that way."

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